 Genius Meanings
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The Smiths – You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby
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[Verse 1] / If you're wondering why / All the love that you long for eludes you / And people are rude and cruel to you / I'll tell you why / I'll tell you why / I'll tell you why
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Kirsty MacColl – You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby
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(Morrissey/Marr) / If you're wondering why / All the love that you long for eludes you / And people are rude and cruel to you / I'll tell you why / I'll tell you why / I'll tell
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The Smiths – Paint a Vulgar Picture
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A dense song about Morrissey’s feelings towards the music industry, exemplified by tragedy – the death of a star, failing, or otherwise.
The lyrics takes the viewpoint of two
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The Smiths – Unloveable
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[Intro] / (Unlove—, unlove—, unloveable) / (Unlove—, unlove—, unloveable) / (Unlove—, unlove—, unloveable) / [Verse 1] / I know I'm unloveable / You don't have to tell me / I don't
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The Smiths – Reel Around The Fountain (Troy Tate Version)
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[Verse 1] / It's time the tale were told / Of how you took a child / And you made him old / It's time the tale were told / Of how you took a child / And you made him old / You made
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The Smiths – The Draize Train
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[Instrumental]
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Michael Bublé – Haven't Met You Yet
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“Haven’t Met You Yet” is the lead single from Canadian singer Michael Bublé’s sixth album, Crazy Love. Lyrically, the song is about finding a relationship and love.
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The Smiths – London
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In this song Morrissey speaks out directly to a man who decided to catch a train to London to pursue a better life, continuously speaking to his own feelings and asking him if he
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The Smiths – Shakespeare's Sister
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“Shakespeare’s Sister” was released as a single in March 1985, and later appeared on the Louder Than Bombs compilation.
The title comes from Virginia Woolf’s essay A Room of One’s
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The Smiths – Rubber Ring
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Well respected by Smiths fans and critics alike, “Rubber Ring” is a song about coming of age, and leaving the awkward, difficult period in life that is being a teenager.
Morrissey
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Elliott Smith – Twilight
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From A Basement On The Hill was released in 2004, almost exactly a year after Elliott Smith’s mysterious death. “Twilight” is one of this album’s best-known songs, delivering a
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The Smiths – Stretch out and Wait - Alternate Vocal Version
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[Verse 1] / All the lies that you make up / What's at the back of your mind? / Oh, your face I can see and it's desperately kind / But what's at the back of your mind? / Two icy-
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The Smiths – Back to the Old House
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[Verse 1] / I would rather not go / Back to the old house / I would rather not go / Back to the old house / There's too many bad memories / Too many memories there / [Refrain] / Oh
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The Smiths – Barbarism Begins at Home - 7" Version
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[Verse] / Unruly boys who will not grow up / Must be taken in hand / Unruly girls who will not settle down / They must be taken in hand / [Chorus] / A crack on the head is what you
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The Smiths – Ask
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“Ask” is a singalong about how you should seize your opportunities in life – especially relating to your love life, before humanity destroys the world.
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The Smiths – Money Changes Everything
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One of the few instrumental tracks by the Smiths, “Money Changes Everything” was released as a B-side to “Bigmouth Strikes Again” and later included in the compilation album The
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The Smiths – Oscillate Wildly
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[Instrumental]
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Panic! at the Disco – There's a Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought of It Yet
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The twelfth track on P!ATD’s debut sees Ryan sabotaging what was supposed to be a perfect night for someone who pretends to be something they’re not.
The scene is set as Ryan
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The Smiths – Half a Person
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This song is about adolescence and a crush that Morrissey used to have during his teen years but never said anything to, which he is addressing here.
This song shows everything
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Jack Harlow (Ft. Drake) – Churchill Downs
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“Churchill Downs” is the first collaboration between Drake and Jack Harlow. The song is named after a famous racecourse in Jack’s hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.
The duo spit
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The Smiths – You've Got Everything Now
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Morrissey expresses his bitterness towards a person whom he implies is only faking his happiness, because Morrissey believes that having a casual life isn’t enough.
Morrissey
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Taylor Swift – I Can See You (Taylor's Version) [From The Vault]
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“I Can See You” shows Swift seductively addressing her potential lover. Ensnared with a sexual atmosphere, she continuously challenges and invites her partner to explore their
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The Smiths – Panic
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This song was written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr and is the first song to be recorded with the new member at the time, Craig Gannon. The song is influenced by the T.Rex song “
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The Smiths – Is It Really So Strange?
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“Is It Really So Strange?” describes Morrissey’s friend Linda and her movements in living in both Manchester and London after her art exhibition was moved to the capital. She
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The Smiths – Sweet and Tender Hooligan
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Morrissey uses sarcasm and satire to ridicule the justice system in the way of how it forgives the young “sweet and tender hooligans.” In the song he’s playing a role of a
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The Smiths – Shoplifters Of The World Unite
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The title alludes to the communist slogan “workers of the world, unite!”
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The Smiths – Asleep
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“Asleep” tells of the narrator’s desire to die. In his pain and sorrow, he wishes to be comforted as he drifts peacefully into death.
The song was originally released as the b-
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Juice WRLD – Juice WRLD Hour Freestyle of Fire Over Eminem Beats
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[Intro: Tim Westwood & Juice WRLD] / Yo, it's TimWestwoodTV, up at Capital Xtra / Got my man Juice WRLD in the building / It's time to shut down the city again / Last freestyle
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Cory Asbury – Reckless Love
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“Reckless Love” is the first and only single, plus the title track to Cory Asbury’s debut album with Bethel Music. The song was first popularized on YouTube with Steffany
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Conan Gray – Memories
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“Memories” is the fourth single off of Conan Gray’s sophomore studio album, Superache. Initially teased six days earlier, the song was released on April 15, 2022.
The song shows
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Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow – INDUSTRY BABY
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Lil Nas X recruits Louisville native Jack Harlow for “INDUSTRY BABY,” a boisterous song where the duo rap about their fame and success, blowing up, and their newfound statuses in
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The Smiths – Stretch out and Wait
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“Stretch Out And Wait” is about how everyone in the world nowadays (1987) only thinks about getting laid, and how far people will go to find someone to achieve this with. It seems
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Lauren Spencer Smith – Flowers
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A 31-second snippet of “Flowers” was first shared on Lauren Spencer-Smith’s TikTok on March 3, 2022 with over 4.5 million views. When shared again on TikTok on March 16, 2022, this
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meat computer – somebody's baby
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Haven't laughed this hard in a long time / I better stop now before I start crying / Keep you up talking 'til the sunrise / Stayed up all week, both feel like we’re dying / You're
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Harry Styles – From the Dining Table
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“From the Dining Table” is the 10th track of Harry Styles' debut self-titled solo album. Its somber tone and longing lyrics depict the pain of having your heart broken, then seeing
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Masego & Don Toliver – Mystery Lady
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[Intro: Masego & Don Toliver] / We've got it together, we vibin', you need to go / You're not even there, I wanna die, baby / We've got it together, we vibin', you need to go / You
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